Dream-enacting behaviors in a normal population

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1629-1636

  Nielsen, Tore ^a,b   Svob, Connie ^c   Kuiken, Don ^c  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption; Alexithymia; Dream related motor activity; Gender differences; Nightmares; Parasomnias; REM sleep behavior disorder; Social desirability; Somnambulism; Somniloquy; State dissociation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAMING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARASOMNIA; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SLEEP WALKING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 73249118537     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.12.1629     Document Type: Article

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